Harlem Renaissance (jan 1, 1920 – oct 29, 1929)
Description:
Flourishing of African American arts, stage performsnces,literature,music starting in Harlem, New York City.Famous artists include Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith.....
Famous Cotton Club: well received by white spectators but black artists still seen as second class people
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Date:
jan 1, 1920
oct 29, 1929
~ 9 years and 9 months